i nominate  sythrawolf

she recently had a commissioner back out of a 300$ commission, and, is thus needing help with rent, and impending vet bills and such due to the loss

I would like to nominate  emmii She is always behind on her rent and has been having alot of problems with her car at the tail end of this year, some needing immidiate attention that she can not afford. She has been avoiding going to the doctor for proper medications due to no insurance and lack of money. I think it would be a great christmas maricle for her to receive.

I would like to Nominate  Tyson She's been really bad off lately with being sick constantly and have really bad wrist problems since her brace for it broke. she's gonna need all the help she can get to remedy her situation.

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I would like to second that nomination if I may!

I've been there for some of these events and I'll agree. I've seen the light of the love  deaththeikran and  DieselWeasel share. I've helped Deez feel better after not hearing from him for a little while. I know what it's like being separated by distance. I've been helping her through some of her own depression and worry. These two deserve to be happy together.

They say "Money can't buy happiness," and I fully agree with that, but in this case, I think this small amount will be enough to make these two very happy.

I also nominate  deaththeikran I would love to see them and  DieselWeasel together at last and what better time then this time of year

I nominate  pinstripedtiger

She and her mother were homeless (http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-12-12/news/0912110201_1_full-sail-university-mission-s-executive-director-scholarships-and-loans). She fought her ass off to improve her situation, and eventually moved from Florida to Idaho but she doesn't even own a winter coat and doesn't have the money to buy one, and someone ran their car into her house! :( She's been struggling for a long time and she's a total sweetheart who doesn't deserve to freeze to death. :O

Awh!

I nominate  nirokia so she can give her only son a nice christmas and pay for doctor bills. She's a disabled loving single mom and deserves all the love and support in the world.

I would like to nominate  nirokia

She is currently unable to work due to a health issue. She is also a single mother to a 10 year old little boy. She is always trying to make extra money with commissions but it doesn't really help to cover all the bills and groceries every single month. Even though her work is beyond impressive and deserving of recognition, she barely gets any commissions for lack of being popular in the fandom. Nirokia is a dear friend of mine, and I've had to watch her struggle for a long time now to keep herself & her son going each and every day. Hell, she even goes without food just so her son can have something to eat.

I know that Nirokia definitely deserves the cash gift this Christmas. It would not only help her out to pay bills and put food on the table for her son and herself, but this would also mean that her 10 year old son will be able to have nice Christmas morning with at least a few presents to enjoy. They truly deserve that at the very least.

Thank you very much for offering this wonderful chance to help out others who truly need it this holiday season.

Sorry hon, seems you were beaten to the nomination by half an hour.

That's fine. I don't care about winning anything myself. I just want what I wrote to count for Nirokia. It will still count right?

Afraid not. The actual voting will be the last week of christmas so people in first don't just happen to have a heap of votes, as well as they will be noted to me to keep it from becoming a populrity contest (A few furs will be invited to watch the counting). But, what you wrote will be comething that Varien and I look at when we decide one of the winners.

I nominate  Dracokon

He is going through really tough times right now, barely making rent, and basically having to make it without his parents whom haven't been very helpful for...various reasons and such. He's hopeful for the future and has a great mind, personality, and talents, but has been having trouble in the tough job market despite having recently graduated college.

nominate fengzhou

as his house is falling apart. him and his family are on disability and can't afford the upkeep maintenance on the place let alone the hundreds a month it's costing them to heat it because it has no insolation. most the time they go cold, ontop of all the costs its taking to try and repair the place they don't have the money to hardly put food on the table most times. i often hear him telling me he's eating penuatbutter cus thats all they have. it seems like whenever food comes up they are on bare scraps just trying to keep the home afloat. most the time he's doing artwork because his household has drained him compleatley of his monthly disability, but it stresses him as art is a hobby more for him and turning it into a job really wares him down fast. constantly worrying his computer might blow up and having no money to replace it if it does. it's his only other way to get some sort of income.....so i think a reward such as this would help them greatly.

I'd like to nominate  thesirus and his wife. They've been working and saving so hard to try and afford a house for themselves in their son. In this economy it's so hard, especially when their current situation is so hard on everyone. It's a test of their love and family that they're still going strong.

I would like to nominate  ikerochu

She's a very good & close friend of mine who has gone through so many hardships throughout her short life, and is still going through them right now. She was orphaned before she was a teenager (her mother passed away and her father abandoned the family), and she has been living on her own ever since. Unfortunately, the last job that she held decided to "down size" and she is now without a job. The money situation is extremely tight right now and she can barely afford any of her bills and will soon be without a home. At the moment, she's selling off most of her personal belongings to pay the bills because commissions aren't bringing in enough money. This is extremely painful for me to watch because its the holiday season, she's already lost both of her parents, she's lost any remaining family, and I'm watching her having to give up her personal belongings that she loves just to keep a roof over her own head.

With the economy being the way that it is right now, job hunting has also proven to be a difficult task. Over the past couple months, she has applied to over 60 jobs (we've printed out the applications from her e-mail and counted that many so far). Unfortunately, she hasn't been able to secure any job position just yet. As I mentioned above, right now her only source of income is the commissions that she is taking on & resorting to selling all of her personal belongings. However, she's barely getting any commissions in and she's running down to the last bit of funds in her bank account.

I know that the $500 prize would really help her in this time of need. It would, at the very least, give her another month to stay at her apartment until she is able to find a job and secure some sort of income. I just pray that this message that I am conveying to you will convince you that  ikerochu is truly in need of you help, and may you find it in your heart to choose her to receive the $500 cash prize and bring a little ray of light back into a dark & painful life.

Thank you.

I'd like to nominate

He's been going through some health issues and we've been running donations, auctions, and gathering the help of a lot of artists including myself to help him out. I'm sure he could use more as his expenses are a daily thing and his government funding for his condition was taken away. He can't afford the medications, diet restrictions, and treatments that are required to keep him out of constant pain.

He's a very dear friend of mine and he helped me when I was in a bad way. He's always been such a sweetheart to myself and everyone around him and this is just heart breaking to hear someone as sweethearted as him have such a hard time. And now, he's dealing with bullies who, instead of just not donating and going their own way if they feel he's lying or what have you, they harrass and attack him ruthlessly, not even caring if they don't have all the information they need to draw the conclusions they have. I can understand the cynicism because of the scammers in the past, but my deal is, you have EVERY right not to believe someone. You have EVERY right not to help them. But to make their lives a living hell for no better reason than you believe you're some sort of knight for justice is wrong. I just wish the non believers would go about their way and leave the poor fellow alone. He's already in a lot of pain and is very stressed and scared about what's going to happen to him. And this is just breaking him down.

I want to nominate not only because he needs it, but because...I just want to see my buddy smile again.

yes he has osteoarthritis and is in daily agony, i hear him in voice screaming in pain and it breaks my heart. And because of that he is unable to work or secure any dory of income and that. tied in with the government cutting his income allowance and disability payment, means that he can barely afford the painkillers and other medications he needs just to be able to move, let alone food, electricity and other amenities he has to pay because his family are not very nice people.

putting that all on top of his two upcoming surgeries and the need to buy a special diet that will greatly reduce the risk that the surgeries impose, he is really in a dire situation. he is nearly unable to even move around his own house due to pain and the arthritis dissolving most of his hip, he also has spine curvature and L5 pars defect due to one of his legs being shorter from a surgery he had when he was eleven that started the arthritis and caused all the pain he has to suffer through daily.

he has had to leave his job, move back in with his parents and needs to be on constant painkillers,  luciifer would really benefit from this and it would really make all of us that are close to him much happier too because none of us can bare seeing him in pain.

I'd Like to nominate  emmii


She is in need of money to say for health issues that she has been having as well as getting her car fixed. the two are making it hard for her to work so she is really in a bit of a hole

She was nominated some time ago, thanks though!

I would really love to nominate

His full story is rather long and I'm not sure I should really be telling it but, he goes through so much with his medical issues, family issues which include a lack of money and his recent loss of his job (that he was sadly having to quit via doctors advice) he still manages to put on a brave face and tries so hard to tackle what life throws at him most people don't know just how much it all gets to him as he feels bad for saying anything as he is always putting others before himself (which included getting this job to try and help his family out) hes gone through so much especially this year alone which included having someone trying to steal his dog in the middle of the day... I always do what I can to get him smiling and laughing even if only for a little, and a chance like this to bring him a little more happiness would be really wonderful.

I nominate  bean222

She is in a bit of a financial fix at the moment, and it's looking like she might not be able to make rent for next month. If she is unable to do so, she will be out of the house she is living in. I've only known  bean222 for a little while, but she is one of the sweetest furs I know, and I know how grateful she would be if she got something like this for Christmas. She is trying to raise the money, but she isn't sure if she'll make it in time.

The full story is here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4132358/ (in case you want to get more details)

I nominate Emmii  Emmii Including all the details Hashigo has listed, there has been confirmation that her husband will be loosing his job. Emmii is NOT in for a good ride in the future. Her husband has been screwed out of his job, her current job will not pay for the rent and she i already behind. She has medical copay to worry about and if she cannot even get that, she will be in a lot of trouble.

3= She's such a nice girl, too.

yup. Uhm, if someones been nominated, you don't need to renominate them! Gotta vote for them!

I did that o3o

 Sweetnightmare
She's been having some trouble this year

 Limizuki and  Raphial (a real life couple) have been undercut by their former roommates and have to move out of their apartment in less than 2 weeks. Every attempt they make to find a new place in their price range gets cut off at the last minute. They need whatever help they can get, so PLEASE pick them.

I nominate  katalina
She needs major oral surgery that will cost her over $2000 out of pocket.